Billy Barratt

Billy Barratt, born in Brixton, London, is an English actor whose first television part was Ralph Selfridge in Mr Selfridge (2013). He next appeared as Prince Arthur in The White Princess (2017), then came his part in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017), where he was Little Gil. On stage he was the Boy in the West End musical Big Fish, and on screen he appeared in The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (2018) as Teddy Roosevelt. He also filmed a role as a thieving urchin in Disney's Mary Poppin's Returns. In 2018 he was cast as Young Matt in Blinded by the Light (2019), a film that drew praise from critics and audiences. His other credits included Neb in The Islander, Niazi in The Other Me, and Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. He took the title role of Ray in Responsible Child (2019), and reviews in The Times and Radio Times called that performance extraordinary and astonishingly mature.